The program is currently under suspension after a court ruling in another city declared red-light camera laws unconstitutional in Missouri.

City leaders said they want to go back to an older version of the red-light camera law that they think will pass a constitutional test.

One of the issues is that a red-light camera ticket goes to the vehicle's owner, not necessarily the same person who ran the red light. If someone was driving a borrowed car or a company vehicle, the owner would be held responsible.

"You could skate around that," said Kansas City councilman John Sharp. "But we did change that. And that change is in the ordinance. So this applies to everybody. If you're driving a delivery truck, if you're driving a corporate car, you can't run red lights and get by with it, any more than any individual."

Sharp said the city thinks the change will make the red-light camera law legal again.

But another legal issue with the law is that Missouri considers running a red light to be a moving violation and requires points to be assessed on the violator's driver's license.

Points are currently not assessed on red-light camera tickets in Kansas City.

Kansas City has kept its red-light cameras on during the suspension, but it won't prosecute any cases while the legal issues are still unresolved.